This meditation brings focus and awareness to the four sublime states from the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
All in Mindfulness Meditation
duality
By maintaining mindfulness even amid the challenges of our own uncomfortability we learn to tolerate it. This can then be applied to the pain, frustration, and unease of the dualities of life. The dualities of this challenging moment in time.
In response.
In response to the pain of the world, I return again (and again and again and again) to lovingkindness. It breeds compassion. It makes it impossible to ignore our interconnection:
For the many communities impacted by violence and oppression:
May you experience healing.
May you be healthy.
May you be safe.
May you know peace.
For the families who have lost loved ones to disease:
May you experience healing.
May you be healthy.
May you be safe.
May you know peace.
For all of us:
May we experience healing.
May we be healthy.
May we be safe.
May we know peace.
glad.
Gladness just felt….easier. Like breathing in cool air. Being a cynic, particularly in some of the areas I’ve lived and in some of the social circles I’ve been a part, is often a valued trait. Skepticism, I’ve found, is carried like an armor to denote depth and a certain kind of knowing. It’s exhausting.
Is what I'm feeling normal?
The lines between stress and crisis and trauma are often razor thin. Every day since this pandemic has taken hold, I am encountering people who are experiencing this crisis with a sense of how they should be somehow doing it differently - doing it better. That kind of self judgment, always but especially in a crisis, is so harmful.
shine + soar: april 26
Most recent issue of shine + soar is now available!
Meditation goes virtual!
Meditation amid global pandemics. Find resources here!
spreading my wings.
shine + soar + spreading my wings. An exciting development - now offering workshops in two locations!
meditation 101: what does it all mean??
I'm busy prepping for my upcoming beginner's meditation workshop in New Paltz. Here's a quick lesson to help get you familiar with the basics.
meditation for nerds and overthinkers.
When a nerdy, overthinking, cognitive therapist finds meditation: an overview.
introduction to self-compassion.
What is mindful self-compassion and how can it help me? Here is a brief introduction and a real life example of how this practice can change your habitual ways of thinking.
The Gift of Meditation.
GIve the gift of meditation - new for 2020!
The Vishuddha Playlist
When difficult things can’t be spoken, maybe they can be sung. One easy strategy for unblocking the throat chakra through song.
Doing less.
A look at our compulsive busy-ness and how to just be.
Something for your ears...and mind and soul.
A quick review of my favorite podcasts related to all things mindful, meditation, and Buddhism (and a little psychology, as well)!!
The Running Cure.
“My soul found rest in the woods; along with it came mindfulness, connection, gratitude, and resilience.”
On gratitude.
“Given time and focus, it becomes easier to find value and something positive in just about any challenge one may face.”